The SoraHouse project is back, and first things first: there are entirely too many dead bugs and animal droppings in our country home.
Casey Baseel
Born and raised in Los Angeles, Casey Baseel spent his formative years staring in frustration at un-subtitled Japanese TV programming shown on Southern California’s international channel. Taking matters into his own hands, he moved to Tokyo to study the language, then found work in Yokohama a decade ago teaching, translating, and marketing hotels he can’t afford to stay in. When not participating in the eternal cycle of exercising to burn the calories form his love of Japanese food, Casey scours used comic and game shops for forgotten classics, drags his wife around the country in a quest to visit all its castles, sings karaoke not nearly as well as he thinks he does, and counts the days until the summertime bars open on Enoshima Beach.
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3 Coins brings out new items with Sailor Moon and the Sailor Senshi to celebrate the finale of the anime’s reboot.
An adorable and cool addition to any dog-lover’s wardrobe, even if you haven’t seen the anime this pooch is from.
Apparently sausage and coffee was the pizza combination people didn’t realize they wanted all along.
Our resident Starbucks expert heads out to get her cold matcha and milk fix, and finds a unique way to customize it too.
Enako’s newest project with publisher of Shonen Jump features cosplays for characters both new and old.
And for those who know who Hello Kitty’s voice actress is, this is two amazing covers in one.
Only 1 in 100 international travelers visits Saitama, something this new project, with free in-English help over the phone or Internet, wants to change.
And if you eat it like we did, there’s essentially a second rice bowl waiting for you too.
Too many riders and not enough riders both cited as reasons for plan to charge visitors more than residents.
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Ultra-cheap, convenient Tokyo hotel is a great place to stay…if you pay extra for earplugs
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Japanese man tells friend to wear suit to wedding party, so he comes as Mobile Suit Gundam
Life-size vibrating Legend of Zelda Master Sword for sale from Nintendo【Photos】
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Cool capsule toys recreate how Japan navigated trains in pre-smartphone days【Photos】
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Foreigner’s request for help in Tokyo makes us sad for the state of society- Life-size vibrating Legend of Zelda Master Sword for sale from Nintendo【Photos】
McDonald’s new Happy Meals offer up cute and practical Sanrio lifestyle goods- Yes, our new smartphone looks like at least two Studio Ghibli anime characters, Sharp says
New Tokyo restaurant charges higher prices to foreign tourists than Japanese locals
“Mt. Fuji convenience store” issues apology for bad tourist manners, adds multilingual signs- 2nd line of Casio watch rings hits Japanese capsule machines and we got the secret one!
Tokyo’s famous Lost in Translation hotel is closed
Japanese ramen restaurants under pressure from new yen banknotes
Bad tourist manners at Mt Fuji Lawson photo spot prompts Japanese town to block view with screens
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Sales of Japan’s most convenient train ticket/shopping payment cards suspended indefinitely
Sold-out Studio Ghibli desktop humidifiers are back so Totoro can help you through the dry season
Japanese government to make first change to romanization spelling rules since the 1950s- Foreigner’s request for help in Tokyo makes us sad for the state of society
Ghibli founders Toshio Suzuki and Hayao Miyazaki contribute to Japanese whisky Totoro label design
Tokyo’s most famous Starbucks is closed
Doraemon found buried at sea as scene from 1993 anime becomes real life【Photos】
One Piece characters’ nationalities revealed, but fans have mixed opinions
We asked a Uniqlo employee what four things we should buy and their suggestions didn’t disappoint
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Japanese public toilet becomes a tourist attraction in Tokyo
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Japanese teacher gives secret love letter to junior high schoolgirl, gets his heart broken
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Uniqlo brings cultural cuteness to Edo animals T-shirt line with Japanese history’s greatest artists
Tough-as-nails bullied Japanese schoolgirl stays home from school, but not because she was sad
East Japan Railway abolishes skirts, ribbons in women’s uniforms to “eliminate gender difference”
Japanese school bag collaborates with a limited express train company for one awesome bag
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